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Graphics Hopes For 2007

12-24-2006, 09:27 AM

With 2006 now coming to a close (and both ATI and NVIDIA Year in Review articles being completed) what things would you like to see your respective manufacturer (whether it be Intel, ATI, or NVIDIA) complete in the next year whether it is hardware or their Linux display drivers? In other words, what do you hope is on their immediate wish list?

I hope that the manufactures either release their own drivers under the GPL or that they provide the specs so that it is easier to provide open source drivers. All the control panel stuff can be done via other tools when the drivers are open. No need to provide extra card specific tools.
I only ask myself: Why is Intel able to release their drivers under the GPL while AMD/ATI and NVIDIA are not able to? If the big ones are not able to provide drivers I at least hope that there will be more full size ATX board with Intel graphics and an integrated DVI out, or that Intel will release standalone graphics cards.

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With 2006 now coming to a close (and both ATI and NVIDIA Year in Review articles being completed) what things would you like to see your respective manufacturer (whether it be Intel, ATI, or NVIDIA) complete in the next year whether it is hardware or their Linux display drivers? In other words, what do you hope is on their immediate wish list?